Lesson 2 · October 9, 1909
Blind Men Healed; Dumb Spirit Cast Out; Jesus Rejected at Nazareth; His Third Visit to Galilee; the Twelve Sent Forth
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Lesson Helps: chapters 37, 38; Sabbath School Worker.
Places: Capernaum; Nazareth; Galilee.
Persons: Two blind men; a dumb man; the Pharisees; the twelve disciples.
Questions
Two Blind Men Healed.
- 1.After the healing of Jairus' daughter, who followed Jesus? What request did they make? .
- 2.What question did Jesus ask them? What was their reply? What did Jesus do? . Note 1.
- 3.What was the result of Jesus' word? What did He charge them? How was His request disregarded? . Note 2.
Notes
A Dumb Spirit Cast Out.
- 4.Who was next brought to Jesus for healing? .
- 5.What did Jesus do? How were the people affected? What did they say? What did the Pharisees say? . Note 3.
Notes
Jesus Again Visits Nazareth.
- 6.Where did Jesus next go? Who accompanied Him? .
- 7.What did He do on the Sabbath? How did His words affect the people? How did they express their unbelief? .
- 8.How did the Saviour rebuke them for their unbelief? .
- 9.How was His work hindered? At what was Jesus astonished? .
Notes
Circuit through Galilee.
- 10.Where did Jesus teach? What did He preach? What miracles were wrought? .
- 11.How did He feel toward the people? Why? .
- 12.What did He say to His disciples? For what did He tell them to pray? . Note 4.
Notes
The Twelve Sent Forth.
- 13.When Jesus sent forth the twelve apostles whom He had chosen, what did He bestow upon them? ; .
- 14.Name the twelve disciples sent forth. .
- 15.Where did He tell them to go? .
- 16.What message were they to proclaim? What miracles did Jesus say would be manifest in their work? .
- 17.What instruction did Jesus give them concerning temporal matters. .
- 18.When they entered a city, for what did Jesus tell His disciples to ask? What were they to do? .
- 19.Upon entering a house, what were they to do? If found worthy, what blessing was to be upon the house? . Note 5.
- 20.If the people did not receive them, what were they to do? What would be the result of rejecting the gospel message sent? .
Notes
1. The limit of what God can do for us is simply the limit of our faith. "And Jesus said unto him, If thou canst! All things are possible to him that believeth." . A. R. V.
2. He [Jesus] wished to be saved from all unnecessary publicity, that He might the more effectually prosecute His ministry, and so avoid unnecessarily awakening the opposition of the Jews; but such a light could not be hid."—Dr. Adam Clarke.
3. "Light comes to the soul through God's word, through His servants, or by the direct agency of His Spirit; but when one ray of light is disregarded, there is a partial benumbing of the spiritual perceptions, and the second revealing of light is less clearly discerned. So the darkness increases, until it is night in the soul. Thus it had been with these Jewish leaders. They were convinced that a divine power attended Christ, but in order to resist the truth, they attributed the work of the Holy Spirit to Satan. In doing this they deliberately chose deception; they yielded themselves to Satan, and henceforth they were controlled by his power."— page ⟦322?⟧.
4. "Jesus had now been among the people long enough to see their wretched condition spiritually, to detect their misdirected yearnings, and their dissatisfaction with the religious instruction they were receiving, and also to discover the entire unfitness of their teachers for the work of instruction and saving them. They were like sheep, incapable of caring for themselves, but capable of being turned and led into right ways. But who should do all this? An extensive harvest waited to be garnered, but who shall do the work? Very few were able to engage in it. The Lord of the harvest alone could raise up and send forth the needed laborers."—Dr. Adam Clarke.
Now, as then, the people are without a shepherd, and the very last hours of probation are drawing near. The harvest of the earth is nearly ripe, and is soon to be gathered. In a special sense should the people of the Lord earnestly pray at this time that the Lord of the harvest will raise up laborers and send them forth into the field to give the last call of salvation.
5. "Peace, among the Hebrews, had a very extensive meaning—it comprehended all blessings, spiritual and temporal. To wish peace to a family, in the name and by the authority of Christ, was in effect a positive promise, on the Lord's side, of all the good implied in the wish. This was paying largely even beforehand. If the house be worthy—if that family shall be found to be proper for a preacher to lodge in, and the master ready to embrace the message of salvation, your peace, the blessings you have prayed for, shall come upon the family; God will prosper them in their bodies, souls, and substance."—Dr. Adam Clarke.
Bible texts in this lesson
Matthew 9:27-999 · Matthew 10:1-15 · Mark 6:1-13 · Matthew 13:54-58 · Luke 9:1-6 · Matthew 9:27 · Matthew 9:28 · Matthew 9:29 · Matthew 9:30 · Matthew 9:31 · Matthew 9:32 · Matthew 9:33 · Matthew 9:34 · Mark 6:1 · Mark 6:2 · Mark 6:3 · Mark 6:4 · Mark 6:5 · Mark 6:6 · Matthew 9:35 · Matthew 9:36 · Matthew 9:37 · Matthew 9:38 · Matthew 10:1 · Luke 9:1 · Matthew 10:2-4 · Matthew 10:5 · Matthew 10:6 · Matthew 10:7 · Matthew 10:8 · Matthew 10:9 · Matthew 10:10 · Matthew 10:11 · Matthew 10:12 · Matthew 10:13 · Matthew 10:14 · Matthew 10:15 · Mark 9:23
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